Power sharing talks with Sena almost complete: Maha CM

The scuffle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and its former ally Shiv Sena may end on Monday as the two parties are likely to have reached a truce on power sharing talks in Maharashtra."Talks with Shiv Sena are 80 per cent complete. We are hopeful of something positive," Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said after he met Shiv Sena leaders on Monday morning.The meeting is a part of a series of interactions between the two parties raising speculations of ties being on the mend. The BJP has been trying hard to bring Sena on board for a post-poll alliance before the winter session, which commences on December 8.The Shiv Sena had taken the post of the Leader of the Opposition post in the Maharashtra Assembly after the BJP had refused to give key Cabinet posts to the party. Sena has been adamant on taking deputy chief minister's post and some key portfolios for its leaders including the post of Deputy CM.Fadnavis had earlier also expressed his desire to have Sena as part of the government. "BJP wants that Sena join the government. We fully favour this," he had said.There were reports of a deal being reached between BJP President Amit Shah and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and of Sena likely to get 10 berths in the Fadnavis government, with at least four of Cabinet rank. However, there is no confirmation of the same.